Bridgeton police charged a Newport man with cocaine possession after it was reported he was panhandling outside of the East Broad Street Rite Aid Monday night.BRIDGETON

* Francis C. Mancebo, 27, of Cedarbrook Avenue, was arrested Monday night by Salem police on a Bridgeton failure to pay fines warrant. He was released from the Bridgeton police station after he posted $1,008 bail.

* Lamont C. Pugh, 53, of Newport, was arrested Monday evening on the charge of possession of cocaine. He was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $2,000 bail.

Police dispatched to the East Broad Street Rite Aid on a report of a man panhandling were informed the man had left a small, red bag that appeared to contain cocaine on the store’s countertop after making a purchase.

Police allege Pugh dropped a second small, red bag of cocaine to the ground as they approached him outside of the store.

* Roland A. Floyd, 20, of Cohansey Street, was arrested Monday afternoon on the charge of contempt. He was lodged in the county jail on $1,000 bail.

Floyd is banned by a drug-offender restraining from going within 500 feet of the intersection of South Laurel and Broad streets.